The new computing is not about what computers can do, it is about what users can do. (Ben Shneiderman, Leonardo’s Laptop, p. 58)

If I had to sum up the Web’s effects on the world, I’d say “surprised by simplicity.” Unlike most other technologies, we’re witnessing a shift to simpler apps over time, as with the way million dollar CMS systems and collaboration via Lotus Notes shifts to weblogs and wikis. (Clay Shirky, “Many-to-Many: Social link management“)

[To the tune of Film School, “Ms. Connection,” from the album Alwaysnever.]